Synovial Chondromatosis of the Temporomandibular Joint – Clinical, CT, MRI, Surgical and Histological Findings: Case Report

Synovial Chondromatosis of the Temporomandibular Joint – Clinical, CT, MRI, Surgical and Histological Findings: Case Report

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Gustavo Moncada
Dental School, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile

A B S T R A C T

Synovial chondromatosis is a benign metaplastic disorder, rarely located in the temporomandibular joint. The present study describes a 50-year-old woman with unilateral pre-auricular pain, crepitus and swelling of the area. The clinical, imaging, surgical and histopathological findings established the diagnosis of unilateral TMJ synovial chondromatosis.

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Case Report
Publication history
Received: Fri 22, May 2020
Accepted: Sat 06, Jun 2020
Published: Fri 12, Jun 2020
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© 2023 Gustavo Moncada. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.DOBCR.2020.03.05